I've been mighty remiss in updating this for a long while! Unfortunately, not much is happening. I talked to Mark recently and he has all the bits and bobs acquired for my Panther, sans hull and turret! They are in the works as I type this, but Covid has once again fouled some things up...once again! I'm really not in any real hurry. It's odd, I have no patience but can be plenty patient. Many times I have saved money for nearly a year to buy myself a very special, long wanted firearm. Then once acquired, it's placed in my gun safe where it may sit for a year and a half before being taken out to the range for it's first test shoot. Odd, but that's me! This slow down has given me time to reassess and add a few more features to this build. I've added an antenna (or aerial to you Gents across the Pond), and will have Mark fit some Perspex into the vision ports too. The price tag keeps getting bigger, but if you're going to do it, why not really do it?!
Speaking of money...and Wife's. We had the best Summer in 13 years and dug ourselves out of the hole that 2020 created. Our business is branching out into new territory and services, and we are going to be building a new building here this Winter. I believe this is all part of Jess' "Murder Plan" for me! She's simply going to kill me by overworking me and pushing me until I lose it! It will, or should look natural enough! She has a great business mind but likes to operate in a world of chaos and distraction (like getting up 10 minutes late everyday and then scrambling around to open on time)! We're direct opposites as far as that personality trait is concerned. Which is why I know not to fight her over things like this and just take the path of least resistance! That being said, I'm not getting any younger and every year I get a little slower! However, her financial decisions have always been spot on. I did say that with the additional, potential income generated, perhaps I could even add one of Mark's 1/6 scale JPs to the collection too. This was met with the patented "Jess stare". A cold, severe, unblinking, glare that could chill anyone's blood. Perhaps she still does have murder in mind?!
To our good Herr Dr., I wasn't ignoring you but just pondering your question. I was thinking of only having Johann as a sort of manly spokesmodel standing next to the Panther like a new version of Buick coming up as next years model. Something along the lines of "this new model Panther G will propel Germany well into the future... or at least until May of 1945". Well Johann now has a brother in arms, Balthasar "Bobby" Woll! Gifted to me by our very own, very generous Sassgrunt! He only needed the armored MG 34 and gurtsack for a project of his and kindly donated the rest to me! He refused payment of any kind, even for shipping! So seven days later, from just outside the hallowed ground of Pearl Harbor came my package (Hawaii where the air is so dewy sweet you don't even have to lick the stamps...sorry that's a Seinfeld reference). So now I can mix and match uniforms, accessories, etc. and Johann won't have to defend East Prussia alone! Three cheers for Sassgrunt!Herr Dr. Professor wrote:Now back to the matter you neatly avoided: the rest of the 1/6 crew.
Just keeping y'all informed. (I'm from Wisconsin...we say things like that)!
Cheers,
Eric.